The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph
Afolayan, announced this at a news conference on the activities lined up for
the institution’s maiden convocation, on Thursday in Lagos.
According to Afolayan, the convocation ceremony holds on
Friday, July 9, and ends with a special convocation service on Sunday at the
Deeper Life Bible Church Headquarters in Gbagada, Lagos.
The VC said that Enakireru from the Department of Biological
Sciences, Faculty of Science and Science Education, would be awarded a Bachelor
of Science (BSc.) degree in Microbiology, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average
(CGPA) of 3.95/4.00.
He said that the university operated a four-point grading
system, adding that 23 of the 63 students would be graduating in the
first-class upper division from the institution.
“After four years of meticulous training, mentorship, and
commitment to the vision of being a citadel of learning for holistic human
transformation and development, we are now set to release the first set of
Anchor ambassadors to the world.
“For our maiden convocation ceremony, there are 63
graduands: nine from the Faculty of Humanities; 27 from Social and Management
Sciences and 27 from Science and Science Education.
“On their grades, 23 of them graduated with first-class
degrees, 27 had second class upper while the remaining 13 had second class
lower degrees,” he said.
He noted that the institution had partnered with various
institutions across the globe to improve the quality of learning, as well as,
gain local and global relevance and recognition.
He expressed confidence that the graduates were capable of
defending the results which had been approved by the university’s Senate.
“Anchor University graduates are now ripe for the corporate
world to shine their lights through industries and nations,” he said.
Speaking further on activities lined up for the four-day
event, Afolayan said that Prof. Peter Okebukola, Chairman of Council, National
Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), would deliver the convocation lecture titled
“Re-engineering the Youths for Leadership Imperatives and National
Development.”
Anchor University Lagos is a faith-based private institution
located at Ayobo Ipaja, Lagos and is owned by Deeper Christian Life Ministry.
It began operations in February 2017 and currently runs 12
programmes in the faculties of humanities, social and management sciences,
science and science education.
0 comments:
Post a Comment